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Best Player in La Liga History; Popular Barcelona Star gets confirmed

Reports
have revealed that a popular Barcelona player has been named the Best
Player in La Liga History. From the 86 seasons of the Spanish league
championship, Barcelona
forward Lionel Messi has been declared as the best player in history,
according to a study by the Research Centre of History and Statistics of
Spanish Football (CIHEFE). Former Real Madrid icon Raul comes in at
second place, ahead of Cesar Rodriguez, Telmo Zarra and Enrique Castro
'Quini'.

The study analysed a number of factors, including minutes played in
each season, goals scored from open play, penalty kicks, own goals and
red cards, researcher Jose Antonio Ortega revealed.

" All of the evaluation criteria are marked with a
simple and homogeneous scoring system that manages to evaluate all of
the players with the same analysis in each season," he said.

Since the start of LaLiga in 1929, a total of 9,280 players have
plied their trade in the Spanish top flight, with 854 of those being
goalkeepers. Messi rose to the top of the study for several reasons,
including being the only player to vastly exceed 300 goals, currently
sitting on 349.

According to Ortega, his final points tally of 545 comfortably put
him ahead of Raul (528), Cesar (524), Zarra (493) and Quini (488), with
the top 10 being rounded out by Juan Arza (481), Alfredo Di Stefano
(481), Paco Gento (467), Carlos Alonso 'Santillana' (464) and Guillermo
Gorostiza (454).

In his report, Ortega also pointed out that Messi possesses the
"technique, ambition, talent and ability that have made him one of the
most valuable players of all time".

During the final standings, Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked in second
spot in terms of players who are still active, while he is 17th in the
overall rankings with a total of 415 points.Rounding out the top three
of players who are still in action is Athletic forward Aritz Aduriz, who
sits 67th in the total list with 314 points and 146 LaLiga goals to his
name.

All of the players who make up the upper echelons of the rankings
mostly have 10 or more seasons in Spain's top tier to their name, with
much of that longevity being with one club for a long period, on many
occasions.

Basque goalkeeper Jose Ramon Esnaola, who is 42nd on the list, is
the first man to feature who was never capped at international level.